Rhinomucormycosis

CERTAIN fungous infections occur as specific entities whereas others appear as a complication of pre-existing infections.1 A specific infection of the nose, paranasal sinuses, orbits and cranial structures is caused by a fungus of the mucorales family and is usually fatal within a few days after onset of the disease. The disease rhinomucormycosis presents certain clinical characteristics that are sufficiently distinctive to establish a diagnosis before the patient dies. The discovery of these characteristics provides an adequate means of differentiation from infections of the nasal and paranasal sinuses of bacterial and viral origin.Historical BackgroundIn 1885 Paltauf2 reported the . . .